Nova Scotia Paramedic Society

Nova Scotia Paramedic Society

Founded	2011
Key people	President: John Bignell, Chair: Frank Johnston
Office location	237 Brownlow Ave, Suite 160, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Country	Canada
Website	www.paramedicsociety.com

The Nova Scotia Paramedic Society (NSPS) is a professional association established in 2011 that promotes the study, research, and communication of the history of Emergency Health Services (EHS) within the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

History

When in 2010, in the "John Rossiter Room" at the New Halifax Infirmary, paramedics John Bignell and Frank Johnston overheard a conversation between two paramedics talking about " who was John Rossiter?", it had become evident that in less than a decade, history had been lost and the memory of past medics were not being passed down to future generations of Nova Scotian paramedics. Tony Eden, director of EHS Ground Ambulance Services,^[1] had started collecting articles and memorabilia related to the history of Nova Scotia's EHS.

In 2013 the NSPS started working with the Nova Scotia government to create Medic Monday.^[2]^[3] Legislature unanimously adopted a motion from PC caucus whip MLA Allan MacMaster. In the Spring of 2011, a small group of physicians and paramedics met with Tony Eden, to talk about setting up the Nova Scotia Paramedic Society. Subsequently, the group registered the society with the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies on September 28, 2011.

Projects

Medic Monday^[2]^[3]^[4]
Public Archive Days - Researching newspapers and health records
1954 Pontiac Ambulance Restoration Project

Structure

The society has a central executive and regional groups and representatives, intended to act as a conduit for information to and from Nova Scotian paramedics. The current president is John Bignell.

Membership

There are currently three levels of membership available within the society

Full - past and present Nova Scotian paramedics (registered with EHS or Ambulance Operators Association of Nova Scotia).
Student - persons currently undertaking an EHS approved course leading to eligibility to apply to the register
Associate - anyone with an interest in the furtherance of the aims of the society, the ambulance professional, and pre-hospital care

External links

References

↑ http://www.paramedicsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Public-or-Private-Ambulance.pdf
1 2 CA (2013-05-10). "Medic Monday to honour paramedics - News - The Vanguard". Thevanguard.ca. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
1 2 "Assembly 61, Session 5 / Hansard / Proceedings / The Nova Scotia Legislature". Nslegislature.ca. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
↑ http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20160926001

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